Young Offenders, Trauma-Informed Work & Social Media
"On the 26 October HMI Probation published a thematic report on the public protection work of Youth Offending Teams.
The inspection focussed on young people convicted of violent or sexual
offences or who were assessed by the YOT as presenting a high risk of
serious harm to the public. Headline findings included the high levels
of trauma in the lives of those young people and also the extent that
social media was featuring in the build up to offences involving
violence. Commentary on the report tended to focus on either trauma or
social media but rarely both. During fieldwork, it was apparent to
inspectors that trauma features extensively in young people’s history
and social media extensively in their current lives. The report argues
that work with young people will have most impact if it takes account of
both these issues."
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